On the day Consort Hua struck the wall, no one knew she had given birth to a daughter.
Eighteen years later, the girl who grew up on horseback returned to the Forbidden City.
She had no interest in learning court etiquette or fighting palace battles. She believed only in the lesson her mother had left her: wicked women need to be taught a lesson.
When Zhen Huan looked at her, she seemed to see Nian Shilan as she had been in years past.
But this time, the ending might be different.
